1994 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship

1994 FIVB Women's World Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Brazil
Dates	17–30 October
Teams	16
Venues	2 (in 2 host cities)
Officially opened by	Itamar Franco
Final positions
Champions	Cuba (2nd title)
Runners-up	Brazil
Third place	Russia
Fourth place	South Korea
Tournament awards
MVP	Regla Torres
Best Setter	Fernanda Venturini
Best OH	Elena Batukhtina; Mireya Luis;
Best MB	Regla Torres; Magalys Carvajal;
Best OPP	Marcia Fu
	← 1990 1998 →

The 1994 FIVB Women's World Championship was the twelfth edition of the tournament, organised by the world's governing body, the FIVB. It was held from 17 to 30 October 1994 in São Paulo and Belo Horizonte, Brazil.

Teams

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Squads

Results

First round

Pool A

Venue: Ginasio de Mineirinho, Belo Horizonte

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Brazil	3	3	0	6	9	1	9.000	145	64	2.266	Quarterfinals
2	Germany	3	2	1	5	6	3	2.000	109	91	1.198	Play-offs for quarterfinals
3	South Korea	3	1	2	4	4	6	0.667	123	117	1.051	Play-offs for quarterfinals
4	Romania	3	0	3	3	0	9	0.000	30	135	0.222

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total
21 Oct	12:30	Germany	3–0	South Korea	16–14	15–10	16–14		47–38
21 Oct	16:00	Brazil	3–0	Romania	15–2	15–2	15–3		45–7
22 Oct	13:30	South Korea	3–0	Romania	15–2	15–3	15–10		45–15
22 Oct	16:00	Brazil	3–0	Germany	15–5	15–7	15–5		45–17
23 Oct	13:30	Germany	3–0	Romania	15–2	15–2	15–4		45–8
23 Oct	16:00	Brazil	3–1	South Korea	10–15	15–10	15–7	15–8	55–40

Pool B

Venue: Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Cuba	3	3	0	6	9	0	MAX	135	68	1.985	Quarterfinals
2	Netherlands	3	2	1	5	6	4	1.500	124	103	1.204	Play-offs for quarterfinals
3	Azerbaijan	3	1	2	4	4	6	0.667	113	132	0.856	Play-offs for quarterfinals
4	Peru	3	0	3	3	0	9	0.000	66	135	0.489

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total
21 Oct	18:00	Netherlands	3–1	Azerbaijan	15–8	15–5	11–15	15–10	56–38
21 Oct	20:00	Cuba	3–0	Peru	15–9	15–1	15–5		45–15
22 Oct	18:00	Cuba	3–0	Netherlands	15–4	15–9	15–10		45–23
22 Oct	20:00	Azerbaijan	3–0	Peru	15–12	15–13	15–6		45–31
23 Oct	18:00	Cuba	3–0	Azerbaijan	15–9	15–9	15–12		45–30
23 Oct	20:00	Netherlands	3–0	Peru	15–8	15–7	15–5		45–20

Pool C

Venue: Ginasio de Mineirinho, Belo Horizonte

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	China	3	3	0	6	9	2	4.500	147	109	1.349	Quarterfinals
2	Russia	3	2	1	5	6	4	1.500	127	119	1.067	Play-offs for quarterfinals
3	Ukraine	3	1	2	4	5	8	0.625	151	154	0.981	Play-offs for quarterfinals
4	Italy	3	0	3	3	3	9	0.333	110	153	0.719

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
21 Oct	18:00	China	3–1	Italy	8–15	15–3	16–14	15–5		54–37
21 Oct	20:00	Russia	3–1	Ukraine	8–15	16–14	15–13	15–11		54–53
22 Oct	18:00	China	3–0	Russia	15–13	15–12	15–3			45–28
22 Oct	20:00	Ukraine	3–2	Italy	15–4	5–15	4–15	15–6	15–12	54–52
23 Oct	18:00	Russia	3–0	Italy	15–7	15–9	15–5			45–21
23 Oct	20:00	China	3–1	Ukraine	15–8	15–10	3–15	15–11		48–44

Pool D

Venue: Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	United States	3	3	0	6	9	1	9.000	141	54	2.611	Quarterfinals
2	Japan	3	2	1	5	7	3	2.333	127	77	1.649	Play-offs for quarterfinals
3	Czech Republic	3	1	2	4	3	6	0.500	67	100	0.670	Play-offs for quarterfinals
4	Kenya	3	0	3	3	0	9	0.000	31	135	0.230

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total
21 Oct	10:30	United States	3–0	Kenya	15–2	15–7	15–4		45–13
21 Oct	12:30	Japan	3–0	Czech Republic	15–7	15–9	15–2		45–18
22 Oct	10:30	United States	3–0	Czech Republic	15–2	15–1	15–1		45–4
22 Oct	12:30	Japan	3–0	Kenya	15–1	15–3	15–4		45–8
23 Oct	10:30	Czech Republic	3–0	Kenya	15–7	15–3	15–0		45–10
23 Oct	12:30	United States	3–1	Japan	15–8	6–15	15–7	15–7	51–37

Final round

Play-offs for quarterfinals

Venue: Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total
25 Oct	Russia	3–1	Czech Republic	16–14	9–15	15–8	15–11	55–48
25 Oct	South Korea	3–1	Netherlands	15–11	15–4	6–15	15–8	51–38
25 Oct	Germany	3–1	Azerbaijan	15–4	15–3	8–15	15–9	53–31
25 Oct	Japan	3–0	Ukraine	15–10	15–11	15–8		45–29

Group head matches

Venue: Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
25 Oct	16:00	Brazil	3–0	China	15–12	15–4	15–9			45–25
25 Oct	18:00	Cuba	3–0	United States	16–14	15–5	15–12			46–31

Finals

Venue: Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo

Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final

28 Ocbober

Cuba	3
		29 Ocbober
Germany	0
		Cuba	3
28 Ocbober
		South Korea	0
South Korea	3
				30 Ocbober
China	1
				Cuba	3
28 Ocbober
				Brazil	0
Brazil	3
		29 Ocbober
Japan	0
		Brazil	3
28 Ocbober
		Russia	2	3rd place
Russia	3
				30 Ocbober
United States	1
				South Korea	1

				Russia	3

5th–8th semifinals		5th place

29 Ocbober

Germany	3
		30 Ocbober
China	1
		Germany	3
29 Ocbober
		United States	1
United States	3

Japan	1
		7th place

		30 Ocbober

		China	2

		Japan	3

Quarterfinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total
28 Oct	13:30	Cuba	3–0	Germany	15–9	15–5	15–5		45–19
28 Oct	16:00	Brazil	3–0	Japan	15–10	17–15	15–7		47–32
28 Oct	18:00	South Korea	3–1	China	15–5	4–15	15–5	15–11	49–36
28 Oct	20:00	Russia	3–1	United States	15–9	9–15	15–9	16–14	55–47

5th–8th semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
29 Oct	11:30	Germany	3–1	China	13–15	15–13	15–10	15–13		58–51
29 Oct	13:30	United States	3–1	Japan	8–15	15–7	15–7	15–7		53–36

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
29 Oct	16:00	Brazil	3–2	Russia	15–7	14–16	12–15	15–8	15–10	71–56
29 Oct	18:30	Cuba	3–0	South Korea	15–4	15–9	15–5			45–18

7th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
30 Oct		China	2–3	Japan	15–9	12–15	15–10	10–15	7–15	59–64

5th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
30 Oct		Germany	3–1	United States	16–14	15–9	13–15	15–9		59–47

3rd place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
30 Oct	13:30	South Korea	1–3	Russia	16–14	11–15	6–15	8–15		41–59

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
30 Oct	16:00	Cuba	3–0	Brazil	15–2	15–10	15–5			45–17

Final standing

Rank	Team
	Cuba
	Brazil
	Russia
4	South Korea
5	Germany
6	United States
7	Japan
8	China
9	Netherlands
	Azerbaijan
	Czech Republic
	Ukraine
13	Italy
	Romania
	Kenya
	Peru

1994 Women's World champions
Cuba 2nd title

Team roster

Tania Ortíz, Marlenys Costa, Mireya Luis Hernández, Lilian Izquierdo, Idalmis Gato, Regla Bell, Regla Torres, Sonia Lescaille, Mercedes Calderón, Ana Ibis Fernández, Magaly Carvajal, Mirka Francia

Head coach

Eugenio George Lafita

Awards

Most valuable player
Regla Torres
Best scorer
Elena Batukhtina
Best spiker
Mireya Luis
Best blocker
Regla Torres
Best server
Tomoko Yoshihara
Best digger
Park Soo-jeong
Best setter
Tatiana Gratcheva
Best receiver
Natalia Morozova

Statistics leaders

Best scorers

Rank	Name	Points
1	Elena Batukhtina	141
2	Ana Moser	135
3	Chang Yoon-Hee	122
4	Mireya Luis	108
5	Motoko Obayashi	98
6	Sun Yue	94
7	Tara Cross-Battle	93
8	Regla Torres	91
9	Tatiana Menchova	89
10	Hilma Caldeira	86

Best attackers

Rank	Name	%Eff
1	Mireya Luis	43.38
2	Regla Torres	40.45
3	Marcia Fu	38.56
4	Tatiana Menchova	36.45
5	Tara Cross-Battle	35.30

Best blockers

Rank	Name	Avg
1	Regla Torres	1.84
2	Magalys Carvajal	1.53
3	Ana Paula Connelly	1.12
4	Valentina Oguienko	1.02
5	Chang So-Yun	0.89

Best servers

Rank	Name	Avg
1	Tomoko Yoshihara	0.43
2	Ana Moser	0.41
3	Cui Yongmei	0.37
4	Elena Batukhtina	0.35
5	Marlenis Costa	0.34

Best diggers

Rank	Name	Avg
1	Park Soo-jeong	4.39
2	Asako Tajimi	3.78
3	Lai Yawen	3.42
4	Motoko Obayashi	3.11
5	Marcia Fu	2.94

Best setters

Rank	Name	Avg
1	Fernanda Venturini	8.85
2	Tatiana Gratcheva	7.66
3	Aki Nagatomi	7.22
4	Marlenis Costa	6.18
5	He Qi	5.79

Best receivers

Rank	Name	%Succ
1	Regla Torres	72.18
2	Ana Flavia Sanglard	68.45
3	Tomoko Yoshihara	67.94
4	Motoko Obayashi	63.21
5	Elena Batukhtina	60.35

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